I love making pillows, so this pillow challenge was just the motivation I needed to weave up some pillows for my new studio. As far as I’m concerned, texture is a must for a decorative pillow. It was with this start of an idea that I began designing. My first stop was to check out […]

1. Measure warp on warping board. 2. Secure warp chain to front beam for threading front to back. 3. With the front of the loom toward you, place a heddle in the front neutral slot. 4. Thread the heddle in this way: 1 thread in a hole, 3 threads in a slot, repeat (see figure […]

Designed by Stephanie Flynn-Sokolov Plaids and checks are popular again in day and evening wear for both men and women. Ranging from earthy hues to bold and bright, plaids and checks are mixed and matched with prints and solids. This asymmetrical plaid scarf woven in soft hues and luscious Berroco Briza yarn is generously sized […]

Handwoven transparencies are related to tapestries in that you can weave intricate pictorial designs with both techniques. Transparencies are lighter weight, with inlaid patterning on a sheer plain weave background. Two wefts are required: a background weft which weaves selvedge to selvedge and a pattern weft that weaves the pattern or design. The background is […]

Earlier this year, We e-mailed the team at Brooklyn Tweed to see if they wanted to participate in one of our collaborations for 2016. I was thrilled when I heard that Jared Flood, Founder and Creative Director of Brooklyn Tweed, wanted to see what we could do. Not only were they game for a collaboration, they […]

We’ve all been there; standing at a fiber show and staring at a wall of hand-dyed skeins of luxury yarn. They call to you, but your pocketbook screams in terror hoping that you don’t pull down enough for a sweater, and sighs a relief when you only pull down two skeins. A stunning speckled […]

For this month’s yarn collaboration, we worked with Mountain Meadow Yarns. Their rustic, American grown and milled yarn paired perfectly with the Schacht Flip Loom. All three of the following projects can be made with the 20″ model of Flip. The rise of small looms continues, and you can create stunning woven pieces in very […]

Art yarn, whether you spin it yourself or purchase it readymade, is a catalyst for creative woven fabrics. Art yarn spinning techniques are so much fun to do and make such beautiful and unique yarns. What follows often, though, is the question, “what do I do with it?” Due to the stitch structure of knitting […]

For our December yarn company collaboration, we worked with Blue Sky Alpacas for a very special and luxurious scarf woven on our 15″ Cricket Loom. Since Blue Sky Alpacas offers both yarns and fiber, I decided to use both in a project. For this fashionable cowl, I took my inspiration from a traditional knitting technique called thrumming. […]

We partnered with Skacel to create this stunning piece which is featured in their Magalog, volume 8. Our Winter Berry Shrug is woven in a subtle plaid using five lovely shades of HiKoo Sueno in the warp. For weft we alternated HiKoo Sueno and Tiara for just a hint a sparkle. This was a true […]

I was thrilled When I had the chance to work with Kristin Lehrer from Voolenvine Yarns on a project! I have been following Kristin for some time through her video podcast on YouTube. I have admired the beauty of her hand-dyed yarns in each episode. She specializes in variegated colors, each a different recipe. Working with variegated […]

Photo courtesy of Fancy Tiger Crafts We love a challenge here at Schacht, so when we opened a package from Fancy Tiger Crafts full of their Heirloom Yarn, fabric and some webbing, we were excited! Denise and I have done a couple of collaborations before, but this one is perhaps our favorite. Heirloom is the […]

Last August my wife and I went to New Mexico for our honeymoon, staying in both Taos and Santa Fe. While in Taos, we stayed in a quiet vacation home on an alpaca farm. After a few days of rest and relaxation, we traveled to Santa Fe for more arts and entertainment. So much of […]

I was thrilled when we came out with the 30″ Flip. I wanted to get something on it right away, but as life goes, I had other projects to finish. I finally got the chance to work with the new wider loom, and I love it. I filled the width to test its full capacity, […]

As I was sampling for an upcoming project, I took a detour with a long color change yarn… yummy. My intent was to sample Universal Yarn’s Deluxe DK Superwash as a warp in an 8 dent reed (I happened to have Classic Pink). I had hoped to use another colorway in the same yarn for the […]

The promise of fresh supplies at the beginning of a school year was always one of the best moments. Any occasion to get a new box of crayons was worth celebration. The only bad thing about school crayons was the meager 8 count box. The larger boxes were reserved for home use. Lucky for me my parents were always […]

Another school supply I remember vividly from my days at school was the textbook cover. There were brightly colored spandex covers, all the way down to my favorite, folded brown paper bags that could be drawn on and customized. As I went on in my art degree in college, I no longer used as many […]

Weaving Around the World – Floral Cashmere Shawl Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of working with some beautiful hand spun cashmere yarn from Afghanistan. From the Mountain is a great company working with folks overseas to bring viable hand made products to the United States to help support those artisans. The yarn was spun by […]

Variable Dent Challenge–Recycled Yarn Wrap by Judy Pagels Judy Pagels, Schacht Sales Manager, in her comfy wrap. The Plan: For my variable dent reed project I wanted to use the reed sections in a graduated dent configuration. Beyond that I wanted to have a wide enough weaving width to showcase the gradation. My trusty 20” Flip Loom was the […]

Many Ideas on One Warp – Chase Ford Weaving tabby with only one color of yarn that is the same in both the warp and weft can look a little plain. However, use two or more colors in both the warp and weft and suddenly plain weave is anything but. The sampler Making a “color […]

I’ve always loved Brook’s bouquet for its little window pane effect. There’s a certain charm in the contrast between the gathered bundles and the straight incidentals in between where a single warp and weft cross. Though Brook’s bouquet is a finger-controlled weave, it proceeds rather quickly. It’s great for curtains, a placemat border, or […]

Inspiration surfaces in so many ways. Sharing a room with over 280 people with a passion for fiber and weaving is bound to spark some new ideas. This May Colorado Weaver Day took place in Golden and featured a variety of speakers and topics. I brought my Schacht Sidekick spinning wheel hoping to get a […]

A couple of months ago, I discovered the Fibershed project (fibershed.wordpress.com). The challenge of the project is for the author, Rebecca Burgess, to live for a full year in “clothes made from fibers that are solely sourced within a geographical region no larger than 150 miles” from her home. This also includes any dyes used […]

Cheryl has created a clever way to weave doup leno on her Flip rigid heddle loom. She shares her technique with us here as a guest contributor to Yearning To Weave. Cheryl first presented this material at the New Orleans Weavers Guild in October 2010. This article focuses on the doup leno technique, and does […]

Do you ever have those moments where you look in your closet and your drawers, and you just can’t get excited about any of your clothes? I had one of those moments the other day when looking at my yarn stash. I will say that I have a pretty decent yarn stash, though certainly not […]

I have always been a scarf person. I will wear a scarf of some sort whether indoors or out on all but the most oppressive of hot and humid summer days. I like that the scarf provides just a bit of extra warmth without having to don a sweater. But let’s face it; sometimes the […]